Brief: Mikron Holding H1 net result swings to loss of CHF 1.7 mln

Mikron Holding AG

25/07/2017 06:00

July 25 (Reuters) - MIKRON HOLDING AG  MIKN.S : 
    * AT CHF 114.2 MILLION, MIKRON GROUP'S ORDER INTAKE FOR FIRST HALF OF 2017 WAS CLEARLY 
BELOW PRIOR-YEAR LEVEL (FIRST HALF OF 2016: CHF 124.7 MILLION) 
    * IN FIRST HALF OF 2017, MIKRON GROUP POSTED NET SALES OF CHF 118.4 MILLION (FIRST HALF OF 
2016: CHF 127.0 MILLION, -7%) 
    * AT MIKRON AUTOMATION, PROSPECTIVE ORDERS INDICATE A POSITIVE PERFORMANCE IN SECOND HALF 
OF 2017 
    * AN EBIT LOSS OF CHF -0.8 MILLION FOR FIRST HALF OF 2017 (FIRST HALF OF 2016: CHF 1.3 
MILLION) 
    * OVERALL, MIKRON GROUP IS EXPECTING AN INCREASE IN SALES IN SECOND HALF OF 2017 TO MATCH 
PRIOR-YEAR FIGURE BY END OF CURRENT YEAR 
    * CONTINUES TO PREDICT A SLIGHT YEAR-ON-YEAR INCREASE IN EBIT FOR 2017 
    * H1 NET LOSS 1.7 MILLION CHF VERSUS PROFIT 0.4 MILLION CHF YEAR AGO 
 
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